Bringing models and methods of cognitive neuropsychology to bear on the study of dementing disorders, these contributions present sound evidence that diseases of the Alzheimer type compromise brain function in a highly selective manner, affecting some aspects of cognition while sparing others. Included are original case studies that explore in detail the nature of the linguistic, semantic, and visuoperceptual disorders in patients with degenerative dementias. The book pursues a number of themes with important ramifications for the study of higher mental functions. By exploring the...

Bringing models and methods of cognitive neuropsychology to bear on the study of dementing disorders, these contributions present sound evidence that ...

In this follow up to Preventing Mental Illness, Jennifer Newton describes real life examples of good practice in preventive mental health. Five areas covering the life span have been identified and promising strategies are described in detail: what is provided, how the target group is engaged, the resources required, management problems and evidence of effectiveness. Interviews with both clients and providers help to bring to life the descriptions as we learn how the support came to be needed and what benefits they themselves feel have been reaped. These descriptive studies,...

In this follow up to Preventing Mental Illness, Jennifer Newton describes real life examples of good practice in preventive mental health. Fi...

This is an account of the practice, policy and management issues involved in the assessment and treatment of adult and adolescent sexual offenders against children. Written for practitioners from all disciplines concerned with this area of work, it describes the management of sexual offenders, as well as the potential impact on service providers. The text should interest students, lecturers and professionals in social work, social policy or psychology, as well as those working with child sexual offenders.

This is an account of the practice, policy and management issues involved in the assessment and treatment of adult and adolescent sexual offenders aga...

Through the work of historians since Foucault, the growth of public and voluntary institutions for the insane from the late eighteenth century has been associated with the bourgeoisie's desire for social order and social control in a period of rapid economic and political change. In addition, the importance of psychiatrists' quest for professional status and security has also been emphasised as a motor of institutional proliferation throughout the nineteenth century. However, as Charlotte MacKenzie points out, neither of these models is easily applicable to the development of the private...

Through the work of historians since Foucault, the growth of public and voluntary institutions for the insane from the late eighteenth century has bee...

In the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting world. For most human beings hope is a positive benefit. Anna Potamianou shows how in the 'borderline' patient hope can become a perverted and omnipotent means of denying reality. Indeed, in such individuals any state of mind or feeling can take on the status of an object, which is then used as a barrier against their fear of change.

The psychic economy and dynamics of borderline states are not yet well understood and this book makes an...

In the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting w...

Integrity and Change: Mental Health in the Market Place examines how workers in the caring professions might preserve their integrity and ability to reflect and act purposefully in the face of such rapid and extensive change.

Integrity and Change: Mental Health in the Market Place examines how workers in the caring professions might preserve their integrity and ability t...

We know that gender traits and mental disorders are based on social, cultural. personal and psysiological background. In order to formulate the best management plan for the patient, the mental health practitioner needs to incorporate all available information. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the most prominent mental health problems in women today. Examining the physiological, social and psychological factors of mental illness, and providing an up-to-date perspective on the etiology of different disorders, the book should help professionals formulate the best management plan...

We know that gender traits and mental disorders are based on social, cultural. personal and psysiological background. In order to formulate the best m...

This text provides an overview of the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common mental disorders encountered in primary care. Published to mark the retirement of Professor Sir David Goldberg, contributors bring together clinical and research work drawn from psychiatry, medicine, psychology, social work and sociology. Topics include: the biological basis of common mental disorders; disability and depression in primary care; the limits of mental health care in general medical clinics; improving the management of mental disorders in the elderly; and training the whole primary care...

This text provides an overview of the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common mental disorders encountered in primary care. Published t...

This set reproduces seminal writings by three exceptional 19th-century women. Georgina Weldon, Louisa Lowe and Susan Willis Fletcher were certified as insane by the Victorian medical establishment and were threatened with incarceration for their eccentric and transgressive behaviour. All three were remarkably resourceful and very successfully manipulated the sensationalist press to expose the lunacy laws to the late-Victorian public. In doing this, they contributed to the emerging feminist critique of medicine and science. Each volume is devoted to the work of one of these exceptional women.

This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space. This historical analysis with contributions from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in equal measure. The first rigorous scholarly analysis of its kind in book form, it will be of particular interest to the history, psychiatry and architecture communities.

This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience ...

Appropriate for students and practitioners alike, this book teaches readers how to perform assessments on patients in the absence of the instruments and assistants that many standard procedures assume.

Appropriate for students and practitioners alike, this book teaches readers how to perform assessments on patients in the absence of the instruments a...

This book is the first to address the psychological impact of sexual harassment and gender discrimination from both a clinical and theoretical perspective. In the first portion, Lenhart provides a comprehensive summary and integration of existing literature on the topic and presents relevant aspects of the workplace and legal environments. The second portion of the book deals with the psychodynamics of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, placing these violations in proper psychological perspective, along the same lines as rape, battering and other forms of gender-based abuse. With...

This book is the first to address the psychological impact of sexual harassment and gender discrimination from both a clinical and theoretical perspec...

Treating Sexual Offenders provides the therapist with a guide to the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of a number of different disorders, including fetishisms, transvestic fetishisms, exhibitionism, frottage, pedophilia, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, telephone scatologia, voyeurism, rape, child molestation, and incest. Through extensive consideration of current research, theory and practice, the authors provide the clinician with the means to have a continued positive impact on the sex offender, from assessment to post-treatment evaluation and follow-up.

Treating Sexual Offenders provides the therapist with a guide to the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of a number of different disorders, includi...

When a loved one, family member, spouse, or close friend develops a mental illness, the profound changes to the afflicted person resonate through the family with unique and life-altering consequences, often with as great an impact on them as on the person suffering with the illness. Family members have to adapt and make changes to lifestyles and future plans, and often face depression, stress, and other secondary issues, as they learn to cope with a new situation. And today, despite immense medical and political progress and open debate on mental disorders, attention is still overwhelmingly...

When a loved one, family member, spouse, or close friend develops a mental illness, the profound changes to the afflicted person resonate through the ...

Bloom, a physician, and Reichert, a psychologist are involved with a task force on psychosocial causes of violence created by the Philadelphia chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, and they both have extensive experience in the field. They offer sorely needed insight, addressing the cycle of violence in society by discussing some of

Bloom, a physician, and Reichert, a psychologist are involved with a task force on psychosocial causes of violence created by the Philadelphia chapter...

Contributors offer advice to psychologists and administrators handling the changes resulting from managed care. Using empirical research and practitioner accounts, this book assesses the impact of managed care, suggests ways to ameliorate its negative effects, and proposes ideas for the improvement of the managed care system and mental health care

Contributors offer advice to psychologists and administrators handling the changes resulting from managed care. Using empirical research and practitio...